OPINION - In this moment of both challenge and opportunity, California has the chance to lead by example. Let’s seize it—for ...

Legislators in both parties openly admit they frequently don’t vote on bills not because they’re lazy, but because “no” votes ...

As her final term in the senate comes to an end, Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman joined us to reflect on her twelve years in ...

In recent years, Capitol observers have witnessed vacancies occur in state legislative offices and even constitutional ...

There are two areas of confusion regarding properly addressing the presiding officer of a legislative committee or on the floor. The rules of the California Legislature provide some guidance, as do ...

OPINION – For Californians living with the nation’s dirtiest air and ongoing threats of wildfires, heat waves, drought, flooding and sea level rise, the election delivered mixed results. On the plus ...

A “special” session is one convened pursuant to a proclamation issued by the Governor. Article IV, Section 3(b) of the state Constitution specifies, in part: “on extraordinary occasions the Governor ...